There's a sucker born every minute.
P.T. Barnum didn't really say it, but he is quoted as saying it.
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I recently ran across a little scam on Steemit.
Welcome to an awesome free SBD giveaway :) All you have to do is upvote the post, and you will win free SBD when the post reaches payout!
Which is cool, except...
- if you check their wallet, they NEVER payout!
They are also tag spamming.
- I see 3 posts 11 hours ago
Due diligence
...is defined as...
- the care a reasonable person should take before entering into an agreement or a transaction with another party.
The first time I saw this post, I did not use due diligence.
- I upvoted
- I followed, so I could find new giveaways from them
- and went on with life.
- I followed, so I could find new giveaways from them
- Their post once again showed up in my feed,
so I clicked it.- Only this time I used due diligence.
- It has been over a week and I didn't remember getting any payout from last time.
- Only this time I used due diligence.
- First I went to their wall, and found post after post after post of the exact same thing.
- Then I clicked their wallet and scrolled down to history.
- Nada. No payouts. Hmm
- Then I clicked their wallet and scrolled down to history.
- Visited http://steemworld.org/@winfreesteeem
- No payouts. Hmm
- Verified one more place http://steemd.com/@winfreesteeem
- No payouts. Hmm
The good news is they didn't make much with their little scam.
- 0.038 STEEM
- 1.402 STEEMPower
- $2.436 SBD
- A few people (including me) wasted their vote on this scam, but no big harm done.
Steemcleaners to the rescue?
I turned them in to Steemcleaners.
https://steemcleaners.org/abuse-report/
Why didn't 
catch this?
???
Conclusion
Sometimes when you see something that seems
ā Too Good To Be True ā
It is...
- If you are a reasonable person
- Use due diligence...
 @WizarDave |
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